In the German-occupied area in northern France, the German army frequently mobilized troops here, requisitioned a large number of civilian ships, and launched transport ships one after another from the shipyard, showing no hesitation in preparing for a landing operation.
Of course, all this was seen by Churchill's spies.
Over Calais, a British Air Force Mosquito twin-engine multi-seater reconnaissance aircraft performed a routine reconnaissance mission over Calais.
"Oh, baby, guess what these Germans are doing? Look at these troop transports, they are all gathered on the dock, as if they are about to depart tomorrow." The pilot on the British reconnaissance plane said to himself
said.
"Shut your crow mouth! Baby, I don't want to fight the Germans, let alone them landing on our soil." His deputy cursed, which was an answer to the captain's soliloquy.
"This is not something you and I can decide. It all depends on when the Germans decide to take action. If they take action, do you think our Royal Navy or our Royal Air Force, which have been beaten to pieces, can stop them?"
The captain continued: "Also, your current mission is to detect the enemy's situation, not to chat with me. Pay attention to your right side. German fighter jets especially like to attack from the right wing. I don't want to be the lunch of the German fighter jets."
"I understand, Captain. But I don't understand why the command sent us to Calais for reconnaissance. Isn't this the French port we planned to use in the original generator plan?" The deputy asked a question that had puzzled him for a long time.
"Nonsense, we can use it, but the Germans can't use it? Because we didn't use it at the beginning, the facilities in Calais were not destroyed like Dunkirk. The German army would have used it if they had any brains. And the investigation of Calais is
We just have to carry out the orders given by our superiors. Why is there all this nonsense?" The captain replied. In fact, he didn't know what the Germans were thinking. He just refused to admit it because of his face, so he made up a reason casually and made a fuss.
Answered the question from his deputy.
In fact, the reason why the Royal Air Force was investigating Calais was because MI6 intercepted an important German telegram three days ago.
The German army used the Enigma cipher machine to encrypt this telegram, but the British army had completed the decryption just a few months ago, and in order to hide the message, they deliberately accepted the German bombing.
Now, it's their turn to use this hidden trump card at a huge cost.
The content of this document is probably all about Germany's pre-war preparations for landing on the British mainland. One of the three ports where barges and troop carriers gathered is Calaisgaon, and Calaisgaang is relatively small.
It is the closest and even undertakes 80% of the barge gathering tasks.
The British United Front Department immediately made the decision to launch an air strike on Calais. The goal of the Royal Air Force air strike was to blow up most of the barges and troop transports gathered by the German army in the port of Calais and completely destroy the German army's capital to invade the British mainland.
Without the troop transport ships, even a million-strong German army would not be able to cross the English Channel.
Of course, before launching an air strike, it is essential to send out a reconnaissance aircraft for reconnaissance, and this is the reason why the British reconnaissance plane arrived today - to detect the gathering of Gallade Army barges.
In the end, the British got the information they wanted as they wished.
According to the news returned by the reconnaissance plane, a large number of civilian merchant ships and military transport boats and barges were indeed gathered in the Calais port. Although the British reconnaissance plane was harassed by two German BF109 fighter jets during this period, the plane was ultimately safe.
He returned to the British mainland and brought back important information.
Churchill immediately decided to launch an air attack on the port of Calais, and the time was scheduled to be three days later, that is, in the early morning of today.
In the early morning of the third day, the sky over the English Channel was covered with dark clouds and the sky was very gloomy. The sound of rumbling engines resounded through the sky. The British army's 50 Mosquito twin-engine multi-seater bombers and 30 Spitfire fighter jets took off from the Dover Military Airport at the southern end toward
Head south towards the port of Calais.
"Call Captain Fox, please answer me!" Lieutenant Daniel, the leading wingman pilot of the British army, called Fox, the lead pilot and flight echelon commander, on the radio.
"Copy that, please speak," Captain Fox replied.
"We have arrived at the designated area over Calais, should we start bombing?" Lieutenant Daniel asked.
"Start!" Following the order, the British Firefly twin-engine bombers, in a group of five, began to bomb the ships in the harbor.
It is strange to say that the British Air Force was not blocked by a single German aircraft along the way. Although the flight distance was short, the weather was gloomy, and the visibility in the sky was low, such a large British fighter plane now arrived over Calais and still did not appear.
A German aircraft and ground air defense facilities did not fire.
The atmosphere... seems a little off.
But he couldn't control that much. The mission was in hand. The British bombers quickly completed two rounds of bombings. Most of the barges, troop carriers and civilian ships parked in the port were hit by the British bombers' shells, and ignited a raging fire. The fire became more and more intense.
The fire got worse, and then the hulls of those large "troopships" began to tilt and slowly sank into the vast waters of Calais Port.
Since there was no interference from the Germans, the British bombers carried out several more rounds of bombings, sinking most of the ships within their sight in one go.
Finally, it was not until they were preparing to return that a keen-eyed pilot discovered the problem.
"Call Captain Fox, call Captain Fox!" the pilot said.
"Copy that. Any questions? Please tell me." Captain Fox replied.
"Captain, please take a closer look at the burning ship in the sea. I think it's weird." The pilot continued on the radio: "No matter how I look at it, I feel that it is a pile of wood burning, not made of steel.
The ships are burning."
"Be more specific." Captain Fox seemed to have discovered the strangeness of the matter and motioned for him to continue.
"Generally, when ships made of steel burn, the fuel on the ship is burning. After these ships sink, the fuel floating on the seawater will continue to burn due to fuel leakage. However, these ships burn on the water. Once they sink,
They stopped burning immediately after entering the water, which is inconsistent with the scene we see now." The pilot continued to analyze: "They are more like a pile of burning wooden boats, and there is no burning floating diesel on the water surface."
"You mean we air raided a bunch of wooden ships?" Captain Fox was a little shocked.
"I think so! Captain, we have been tricked by the Germans!" The pilot had just finished speaking when he suddenly saw a little light flashing on the left wing of his fighter plane...
