Chapter 358

"Weakness?" Winston Churchill needed a victory, he needed a great victory to continue the myth of the British Empire. Hearing what lieutenant general Holland said, he seemed to see the future, as if he had stood on the monument of winning the war.

"After repeated research and discussion, I have proved that although the German high seas fleet is strong, it has a fatal weakness." Lieutenant general Holland looked Churchill in the eye and said, "this is also a fatal weakness that has been proved after our disastrous defeat two days ago."

"Tell me!" Churchill couldn't wait to find out what the weakness of Holland's words was, and if it could be used successfully, whether it was really possible to defeat the German high seas fleet at one go.

"German aircraft carriers can't fight at night!" Holland did not sell off, but very simply said his own idea: "I asked the technical personnel on the Royal ark aircraft carrier, they all said that taking off naval fighters on a windy night was suicidal, this is still in the case of our army using a large number of two seater fighters and bombers! In order to pursue performance, German fighters are all single pilot, so they are less likely to be able to fight at night! "

"Go on!" Churchill seems to have thought of something, but he is not a professional naval fleet commander after all, so he plans to listen to lieutenant general Holland's advice.

"We can note that in the last two days of the implementation of the generator plan, our army's losses at night were basically caused by three things: the first was mines, the second was submarines, and the third was large bombers." Lieutenant general Holland held out three fingers and said, "this shows a problem, that is, their navy and Air Force fighters are the same as ours! There is no way to go out at night! In other words, even if it is forced to go out, it has no ability to attack! "

"In addition to the aircraft carriers with strong attack ability in the daytime, the German navy fleet is full of small boats that can't be on the table. As long as our warship team rushes into the other aircraft carrier fleet, it only takes half an hour, I will be sure to sink all the German ships!" Lieutenant general Holland said confidently.

Indeed, if any British battleship is allowed to rush into the German naval fleet, those crisp aircraft carriers and the convoy with obviously insufficient gun caliber are just a small dish under the gun of the battleship.

In the British Navy's weapons catalogue, there is a kind of warship famous for attacking and bullying small boats, which is the Royal Navy's Battlecruiser. At this moment, the British battlecruisers include the hood and prestige. If you add the cruisers and destroyers with similar speed, you are absolutely sure to sink all the German naval fleets in two hours.

"This method is not unexpected, but there is a congenital defect in the whole plan." A Naval General seemed to scoff at the plan: "the aircraft carrier based aircraft has a long occupation and observation distance. If there is no accident, we will definitely find our fleet at a distance of at least 150 nautical miles. Even if it is not enough to attack, it is enough to escape. The Navy sent out warships and the other side fled. This kind of thing is not once or twice. "

"This time it's different. They're all focused on the English channel, so our fleet can get closer to the enemy!" Lieutenant general Holland said firmly: "and we can lurk in our coastal waters in batches, slowly approaching the German fleet! No matter how many reconnaissance planes they have, they can't get close to our coastline at the risk of being shot down! "

"By the way! Hurricane fighters have accumulated a certain amount recently. Are you sure to send out 30 German reconnaissance planes to drive them out Lieutenant Holland asked, looking at some of the air force generals.

"If we just expel the reconnaissance planes of the German Navy, we should be able to concentrate our forces." A general of the air force looked at Churchill and nodded before he said, "but once this mission is carried out, the only 35 hurricane fighters of our army can only be concentrated near the coastline. By then, the air defense over the whole Britain will be as undefended as before."

During the day, the ground-based air force was used to cover the target and approached the target quietly. At night, the ground-based air force suddenly appeared and accelerated to rush to the German fleet. Under the condition of night artillery, the German navy fleet was destroyed. This plan is feasible!

Churchill came to this conclusion immediately after a brief thought. As long as the big trouble at sea can be solved at one go, the rest of Dunkirk will be very easy to handle. Even 200000 army troops will be left in Dunkirk. With the Navy as a barrier, the Germans will not be able to cross the strait for a while.

But this time, the Navy had to bet on the most elite warships to fight to death, and the outcome was unpredictable. Once it won, it could bring Germany back to its original shape, and once it lost, it would make itself depressed. This is the legendary battle of the British Empire!

He thought of this, so he nodded to today's emergency meeting and hammered the tone: "so! Arrange the main force of the fleet to go south! Stand by near the English Channel! Then look for a chance to fight with a fleet of hood, prestige, three cruisers and six destroyers

After a pause, he continued to give the order: "in order to confuse Germany, continue to withdraw Dunkirk troops these days! As bait for the German high seas fleet! In addition, the air force deployed elite forces and concentrated hurricane fighters to ensure absolute air safety on the day of operation! "

"Yes Everyone stood at attention and responded to Churchill“ How sure are you? " After the meeting, Churchill left lieutenant general Holland, who provided the action plan, to ask for some details of the action in person“ If there is no accident, at least 70% of them will be sure! This time, the German Navy can't run as long as it takes the bait! " Holland confidently said: "the night combat capability of the German Navy, I evaluated, is similar to the firepower of three cruisers! Even if we count three so-called armored ships, they are not rivals of prestige and hood at all“ What's more. " Holland thought for a while and added: "once our fleet entangles the German aircraft carrier, the following battleships just need to catch up..." "the battle of national transportation! That's it Churchill said bleakly, looking heroic, but he gambled the whole national fortune on a battle, which itself is the sorrow of a strong man. At the same time when Churchill decided to put all his eggs in one basket, a large number of German bombers were preparing for the mission on the runway of the German Air Force's Dutch airport, a secret and important military base of the German air force“ One, two, three! Pressure! One, two, three! Pressure Ground crew are using special loaders to install high explosive ammunition for the butcher bomber. A 250 kilogram bomb was put into the bomb cabin of the butcher bomber. The airport was brightly lit, and the searchlights were providing illumination for the loading operation at night. On both sides of the runway of the airport, there are black butcher bombers. After a few days of accumulation, these German strategic bombers have accumulated an amazing number. Compared with the time when they went to London, this time the German strategic bomber group has a huge scale of 80“ After taking off from Holland, flying northwest, I see Not far away, several pilots finally confirmed the flight route with the pilots and ground commanders. They pointed to the route map and repeatedly confirmed it, because it was not easy to take off at night to carry out the bombing mission“ I don't know if this bombing mission will go well. " On the command tower of the airport, Dick, the deputy chief of staff of the air force and the General Commander of the German bombers, was still in charge of the bombing mission. He asked the adjutant beside him as he stared at the target and frowned“ general! The head of state once said that in ancient China, there was a saying about the art of war, which was called "emptiness leads to reality, and reality leads to emptiness." I think that's too much. It's a military Maxim. " The adjutant pointed to the map and comforted Dick: "we have bombed Dunkirk for two days, so they will think our strategic bombers will fly to Dunkirk tonight! But we are going to bomb Britain today“ I hope this time, if we don't bomb London, we won't meet the fighters called hurricanes. In this way, there won't be much loss. " Dick, a little relieved, said, staring at the map“ Don't worry! The information given by the intelligence department is that the British fighter forces are all going south. They are trying every means to ensure the air supremacy near Dunkirk. General Catherine analyzes that the British may have any attempt on our aircraft carrier fleet. " The adjutant thought about it and said“ What the Navy looks like has nothing to do with our strategic bombers! We just need to complete the attack order issued by the head of state! This time, we're going to give the British a thorough taste of what we Germans are capable of! " Dick clenched his teeth and said, "from the Navy side, give it to general Catherine and general lutjans."“ Strategic bomber formation request to take off! General An officer from the command tower came to Dick, stood at attention and said“ Permission to take off! All bombers, target Manchester! The second British bombing program, start Dick put his pen on a huge map of Britain, an industrial city called Manchester - where there is a production line for a hurricane fighter that has just been built in the UK.