Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 61: Regular meeting

Flicking a finger across the huge aerial photo, Xu Jun found the target he was looking for under the guidance of Yeshunnek. Baidu search for Geli Literature Net

"Oh, yes, it looks like the damage is very thorough." Xu Jun put down the magnifying glass in his hand, straightened his waist, and twisted his neck.

"I have read the report of the battle yesterday. Please convey to the pilots who participated in the battle again to the command and my congratulations on their brilliant achievements. Tell them that the meritorious personnel will receive medals and medals from me. .".

"Yes, my head of state." Yeshunnek bowed his head respectfully in greeting.

"Now proceed to the next agenda, Your Excellency Chief of Staff." Xu Jun walked to the end of the map table and sat down on his gorgeous high-back chair.

"My head of state, our Air Force Staff believes that the current conditions are ripe and we can immediately enter the second phase of the battle." Yeshunnek stood at the map table, picked up a pointer, and pointed to the shop. Speaking of aerial maps that fill the entire desktop.

"Since this week, the Air Force Command has mobilized the first, second, fourth, fifth, and fourth aviation teams, plus the educational auxiliary aviation team, and dispatched a total of 8,700 aircraft. The Royal Air Force has carried out effective strikes. At present, the 11th Air Force of the Royal Air Force has basically lost its combat capability, and the 12th Air Force has also lost more than half."

"I need more conclusive evidence, Your Excellency Chief of Staff." Xu Jun said while lighting his cigar.

"Your Excellency Kesselin." Yeshunnek tilted his head at Kesselin.

"My head, this morning we dispatched two fighter wings to conduct an assault on Dover airspace. The Fourth Air Force took off from Cherbourg with two fighter groups and a bomber group to raided Portsmouth. As a result, all the attacks were successful. The British Air Force had only a few sporadic fighter squads that carried out harassment and interception, and they were all annihilated on the spot. Our army suffered minor losses. These losses are all from the ground air defense artillery fire. We are currently attacked. What is certain is.".

Kethelin stood up and took the pointer that Jeshuneck had handed over, and pointed to the southern part of England on the map. "The Royal Air Force’s 11th Air Force belongs to the United Kingdom. We know that it is divided into seven air defense zones. It has twelve main bases and airports. During the two-day raid, we have been able to confirm the flight from Dover to Exeter. On the first line, these six main bases have been completely destroyed. The airport has been severely damaged, and the remaining six bases on the second line, in addition to the two airports in the Greater London defense area and an airport near the northern defense line, the other three are also All suffered serious losses.

According to the latest high-altitude reconnaissance intelligence, there are very few aircraft on these bases. At the same time, a report from the Intelligence Office of the High Command showed that the British army had begun to transfer the stock aircraft in the strategic reserve and was transporting them to the base of the 12th Air Force, but there was no sign of replenishing the 11th Air Force. ".

"According to the judgment of the Intelligence Office of the High Command, the British Air Force is moving their fighter defense belts back. They can no longer bear the losses caused by the battle for the southern coastal airspace. They began to concentrate their forces on key air defenses. This morning’s "The Thames" The newspaper published the third evacuation order for children of London residents by the British government. At the same time, they are evacuating a large number of manufacturing plants from the banks of the Thames. The whole city is desperately digging air-raid trenches and basements. "Weirle said from the side.

"How is our loss this week?" Xu Jun frowned. Take over the documents passed by Weirler.

"The latest specific data is being sorted out. My head of state, according to the data compiled by the Air Force Command from the various wing, we have lost 137 fighters from the first air strike to the present, including heavy expelled There were 30 aircraft, and there were 75 other bombers, all of which were twin-engine bombers. In addition, more than 50 Stuka dive bombers were lost. All Stuka pilots were shot down when they attacked sea targets. The pilots we lost over the UK. Except for those killed on the spot, most of them have been captured by the British army. The specific number needs to be confirmed by the intelligence system.”

"We have ordered the pilots to parachute over the Strait or make a forced landing over the French coast if possible. If they must parachute over the UK. Pilots should immediately surrender to the nearest British team or police. Our seaplane fleet is now over the Strait every day. Conduct search and rescue activities." Yeshunnek interjected.

"Here, I would like to express my gratitude to His Excellency the head of state for those brave pilots. Many of our pilots received timely assistance due to your suggestions. As you had predicted, the British sent a large number of Small fishing boats patrolled the strait. While searching and rescuing British parachuting pilots, their fishermen shamelessly attacked our injured pilots who parachuted into the sea and prevented our search and rescue aircraft from approaching.

Fortunately, we followed your suggestion and included gunboats in the search and rescue aircraft formation. Now in the strait, any British fishing boat that dared to approach our pilots in the water will suffer merciless blows from the gunboats. "

"Order our personnel in the United Kingdom to closely monitor the movements of the Luftwaffe prisoners of war, where they are held, and the treatment they receive. If possible, it is best to obtain a specific number and names. And I mean, once we find that the British have commanded us The attempt to transfer prisoners of war overseas must be reported to the High Command immediately. I am sure that in order to prevent prisoners of war from escaping, the British will send the captured personnel of our army to their other Commonwealth countries, such as Canada. We must not let them. If the conspiracy is successful, the Intelligence Division of the High Command will conduct consultations with the Air Force and Navy."

"Yes, my head!" Weierle nodded in greeting.

"Now let’s talk about the results we have obtained so far. The intelligence personnel of the High Command in the United Kingdom have obtained a report on the loss of the Royal Air Force. This is top-secret information and cannot be spread or recorded." Jeshunnek faced. The chief officer of the aviation team and senior staff members here said.

"At present, the Royal Air Force had lost 520 aircraft of various types as of 12 o'clock yesterday. Among them, there were 422 fighter jets, 90 bombers, and 18 other types. The total number of single-engine fighters in the Royal Air Force Fighter Command has dropped to three hundred and thirty, of which only eighty are left for the Spitfire, and the rest are Hurricanes. They also have the newly equipped handsome fighter twin-engine fighters. There are only 30 in total, which are scattered and deployed in their Blenheim bomber brigade as destroyers. Since they have been equipped for less than a month, I think these aircraft are still unable to produce combat effectiveness.

According to intelligence, the British Fighter Command tried to regroup the remaining fighter squadrons. And they are mobilizing their final fighter reserve. It is believed that there are about 120 fighters, of which 40 Spitfire fighters, plus the ones just produced in the first half of this month. It is estimated that by next week, the Royal Air Force will have about 60 Spitfire fighters and 100 Hurricanes. The total number of fighter jets will return to 500. "

"They have run out of oil, and the British Air Force's fighter force is consuming his last reserve team. Their skilled pilots are running out. The newly added pilots are said to have only received six months of training. I just learned to fly in formation, and most of our pilots have already experienced many battles, even the reserve pilots have all been trained for two years." Kesselin said with a smile.

"Don't take it lightly, my commander." Xu Jun smiled and shook his finger at Kesselin.

"Analyzed from the combat report of the Fighter Wing, our technical equipment is only close to the British Royal Air Force, and did not occupy an overwhelming advantage. Our victory is achieved by clever tactical use and military advantage. The British The Spitfire is still the most threatening enemy of the Luftwaffe, and we still need to pay attention to it.

I don’t want any German pilot to have any contempt for this fighter because of his superstitious belief in the number of results in the battle report, which will kill him. Therefore, the work of the 9527th imaginary enemy squadron is well done. The command will reward them, and the scope of air combat confrontation training will continue to expand. Each fighter wing must select seed pilots to conduct advanced confrontation drills at the air combat training base. Every pilot must be able to understand the enemy’s strengths and weaknesses. Clear understanding. "Xu Jun raised an eyebrow and looked at Yeshunnek.

"Your will, my head of state." The chief of staff of the air force nodded and said yes.

"Indeed, my head of state, only the Spitfire fighters of the British Air Force pose a threat to the BF109. The rest of the models are not worth mentioning. The raid attack you choose is the best tactic against the Spitfire. The high-speed attack on the surface weakens the opponent's advantage in horizontal maneuvering, and uses the fierce firepower of the cannon to strike it deadly." Yeshunnek replied.

"The Spitfire only has a certain advantage over the BF109 in terms of its rolling speed. However, our pilots reported that the Spitfire does not have much advantage over the BF109 when circling and fighting. The main problem lies in the BF109. On the leading edge slats, many inexperienced pilots will hurriedly enter the hovering before decelerating to the speed at which the slats are opened. In fact, if you restrain it a little bit and wait until the speed is reduced to the automatic slats opening, the BF109 can obtain and The fire-breathing circling radius is comparable." Xu Jun gestured the air combat movement with his palm.

"But if possible, I still suggest not to fight with the Spitfire easily. Our EFI fuel supply system has the advantage of gravity maneuvering, which of course needs to be used. In addition, I worked with Kaiser last week The issue that Lin discussed has been confirmed so far, isn't it, General Kesselin." Xu Jun said to Kesselin.

"Yes, my Führer! We did encounter voyage problems. Due to the time spent on marshalling and **** maneuvers, the stay time of BF109 in British airspace was reduced to 30 to 20. Within minutes, it’s okay if you encounter the enemy’s forward interception. If you want to freely safari in the target airspace, then this time is not enough. Many fighters have been entangled with the enemy for too long and are returning. The time was lost in vain, which I feel very sad and regretful. However, all the spare parts for the on-board auxiliary fuel tank have been allocated to the fighter wing, and the ground crew is working hard to speed up the modification, and the problem of the voyage will be solved soon.

However, with the current situation, our bombers have also begun to encounter range problems. If fully loaded, the range of the E111 will be shortened by one-third. If we want to effectively attack the British Air Force’s northern and western bases, we need to attack them. Modify it to increase its range, or reduce its bomb load, and increase the number of bombing sorties. "

"This is Mirch's responsibility. I have begun to intervene in this, but it will take time." Xu Jun stood up, walked around the map table, bit his cigar and stared at the aviation map.

"The Royal Air Force moved the defensive belt back to see the flaws in our voyage. They abandoned the forward air base, just to lure us into the British inland to attack, and then take advantage of our military’s limited time in the air. Concentrated on forcing me to bombard and fight with the fighter group, not only may our military fleet abandon combat missions due to excessive fuel consumption, but also become an easy target when returning home."

"I have been speculating about the strategy used by the British Air Force. After listening to your analysis, I was suddenly enlightened. I admire you for your wisdom, my head of state." Yeshunnek flatly smiled and complimented.

"But we are not only the Air Force! We can start to strike the British in depth. The British link radar system has lost its guiding effect. These behemoths have no use value for us, and will fight in the future. It caused some obstacles." Xu Jun breathed out smoke.

"It's time. Give you two days to destroy all radar stations in the target area. The command will issue written orders to you~IndoMTL.com~Yes, my head of state"

"Yeshunnek, I agree to start the second phase of the operation, and it is now... 1pm on the 15th. Tomorrow morning, starting at 1am on the 16th, and at the same time confirming that the 16th is D-5." Xu Jun walked back to his seat.

"This regular meeting ends here. Jesannek and Kesselin will stay and participate in the general army meeting in half an hour. I think Brausic will have a lot of questions for you. You have half of them. Get your information in hours."

"Yes, my Führer!" The Air Force officers stood up and saluted, and then packed up the documents and photos on the table and walked out of the conference room. Yeshunnek was at the end. After nodding respectfully to Xu Jun, he took the door to the room with his own hands.

Xu Jun turned around and walked to the window, raised his head and looked at the Zeppelin flying high above the base.

"Weiller!"

"Yes, my head of state."

The name "Operation Sea Lion" always feels a bit bad. How about changing it to "Overlord"? "(To be continued.)