Time flies by. In the blink of an eye, 1940 has entered the second half of the year, and it is July 10th.
As early as after defeating France, the German army formulated the "Sea Lion Plan" to prepare for the invasion of the United Kingdom. In order to ensure the cross-sea landing operation, the German army attempted to seize air supremacy first to destroy the British fortifications, eliminate the British Air Force, and pin down the Royal Air Force. But the facts
As early as May, Britain had already begun preparing for defense. These countries are really too close to each other.
As a result, by July, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Norway, etc., had all succumbed to Germany's military might. In the entire Western Europe, only the United Kingdom was still struggling. It's not that Germany didn't think about it.
The war was resolved peacefully with Britain, but the prerequisite for Germany's peaceful settlement was that Britain should return the original German colonies it took away during World War I. In Hitler's view, Britain had always been a world power in history, with colonies all over the world.
Germany's main enemy was the Soviet Union, and it could just attack Britain. But Churchill refused the olive branch he extended several times.
Churchill was not Chamberlain and would not advocate peace. In Churchill's view, Germany must resist, otherwise no one can stop Germany's path of aggression.
Berlin
"Your Majesty the Head of State, Marshal Göring has assembled 3 main air groups of the German Air Force and 2,669 aircraft, half of which are fighters and bombers. They are ready to attack at any time!"
Hitler nodded with satisfaction. Thinking of Britain, he became a little angry. "Originally, Britain and Germany did not need to go through such a war. Everything was caused by Churchill, the chief culprit!"
"What the Head of State said is this! Since Churchill has clearly rejected our German Empire, then our great German Empire should give those arrogant British some hardships, otherwise, they will not recognize our military might!
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"Order, attack immediately!"
"yes!"
In London, some handsome senior generals looked a little pale. They received a notification from the radar station that enemy aircraft were dispatched! Although they had known that this day would come, they did not have much advantage in fighting Germany.
"Everyone! The war with Germany officially begins today! Only by resisting to the end can we save the world! 1,000 years later, everyone will be grateful for our efforts!" Churchill encouraged everyone.
"yes!"
On the west coast of the English Channel, on British soil, ordinary people are doing the same things as usual. They are already very familiar with the anti-aircraft guns, anti-aircraft machine guns and other anti-aircraft weapons and anti-aircraft troops nearby. Even the newly arrived Eastern troops, Blackhead
They gradually became familiar with this group of people with yellow skin and dark eyes.
Gu Feiyan had just finished training the 40,000 soldiers of the Second Army and was discussing the deployment of British defenses with several commanders and soldiers when he heard the buzzing of airplanes.
Several people who had experienced the war looked at each other and soon understood: the German air force was attacking!
"Prepare air defense immediately!" Gu Feiyan shouted, and then immediately ran to the command room. As early as a few days ago, they had distributed a bunch of anti-aircraft weapons. The British commanders were very accurate about this.
Yes, if Germany were to attack Britain, it would definitely seize air supremacy.
After hearing Gu Feiyan's roar, several people understood instantly, "Let's go!"
So several people ran in different directions. After all, everyone's troops were in different places.
Soon, German aircraft appeared in the field of vision, densely packed, hundreds and thousands.
The British people were panicked and hid on the spot.
Gu Feiyan, who returned to the headquarters, also received the order to fight back with all his strength. As a ground force, Gu Feiyan understood the meaning of a full-scale counterattack. British fighter planes would also be dispatched, and British anti-aircraft guns and machine guns would be dispatched.
Although Gu Feiyan's Second Army has some anti-aircraft weapons, not all units are equipped with them.
"boom!"
"boom!"
"Da da da!"
"Da da da!"
Explosions and gunshots were heard, and both attack and defense had begun.
In fact, without Gu Feiyan's instructions, the soldiers had already defended themselves. After all, there were grassroots commanders.
At this time, there was very little that Gu Feiyan could do. First, he did not have the air force in his hands and could not attack directly. Second, the air defense force was already operating normally, so there was even less the infantry could do.
Soon, a group of supernatural aircraft appeared in the sky. They were the British Royal Air Force, but their number was far smaller than the German fighter planes.
Gu Feiyan frowned. The gap in numbers was a bit big. I'm afraid the British Air Force couldn't get any benefits. But even Gu Feiyan had to admit that the British Air Force's technology was really good, because of such obvious numbers.
Even with the huge gap, the British Air Force does not have much of a disadvantage.
On the west coast of the English Channel, for a time, war broke out and smoke filled the air.
A British woman ran in panic, shouting in panic.
Next to it is the station of the Second Army.
A soldier cursed secretly, then rushed out and knocked the British woman down. Not far away, a cannonball just fell, causing mud to fly. Because it was on the coast, the air here was somewhat salty.
taste.
"Pfft." The soldier spat out a mouthful of mud, "Don't run around."
Of course the woman didn't understand, but she also knew that it was the Chinese who saved her just now.
War is always cruel. A war without blood seems not to be called a war.
Occasionally, clusters of sparks erupted in the sky, and the buzzing sound was still heard. The British and German sides were hurting each other.
RAF Fighter Air Command.
"Your Excellency, Commander, the evil German plane has been blocked in the English Channel! Please give instructions!"
A middle-aged man with a mustache frowned, "Continue to fight and be sure to shoot down as many German planes as possible!"
"yes!"
"Admiral Dowding, what is the current situation?" Churchill asked Hugh Dowding, still a little uneasy in his heart. He was indeed not sure enough to defeat Germany. At least, it seemed that the hope was actually very small at the moment, but he had to do it.
"Your Excellency Prime Minister, please believe in the Royal Air Force of our British Empire!"
Churchill breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay."
One day passed, Germany lost 9 aircraft, and Britain lost 5. For now, Britain still has some advantages.
On July 11, the Germans lost 10 aircraft and the Royal Air Force lost 6.
Until August 12, Dowding's command had caused the Luftwaffe to lose 286 aircraft at the cost of 150 aircraft. Relatively speaking, this was a staged victory!
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The war between Britain and Germany in Europe has attracted the attention of other countries in the world. The Times reports the latest results every day. As a result, everyone found that the British Air Force did not seem to be that weak. The German army did not occupy anything.