Rise from the sword

Chapter 710 The suffering of the British Empire!

"Enemy plane found."

"Enemy plane found."

"Enemy plane found."

"..."

In the British Empire, in the air defense command center located underground in London, sirens sounded one after another, and radar alarms came from the east coast, because they were so dense that a series of symphonies followed.

"Count the number of enemy planes."

Well, I have to say that the intelligence department of the British Empire is very capable. Without anyone in charge of the situation, the entire command center operates smoothly.

The data of nearly a hundred large radar stations was collected, aggregated, and processed, and finally in just a few minutes, a detailed number of enemy aircraft groups and their routes were released.

And it was a report as thick as ten pages.

The speed of intelligence processing is comparable to the Pentagon with supercomputer centers and data buses in later generations.

"Where's General Dowding?"

In the command center, a staff officer rushed in with a report that was more than ten pages thick. He looked around, but he didn't find the boss, and asked.

Because the Germans were too ferocious, the family had never been able to withstand the bombing of the British Empire, and suffered heavy losses. All parties were very dissatisfied, and a large number of generals stepped down.

Everyone hopes that the air admiral who led the British Empire Air Force to victory in the Battle of England, the Baron of the British Empire, can lead the British Empire Air Force to defeat the enemy again.

"Going to the prime minister's office."

The secretary answered.

"Send this report to the Prime Minister."

The staff officer unhurriedly handed the emergency report in his hand to the communications officer.

"Notify all air defense positions to prepare for air defense."

By the way, he continued to command in place of General Dowding, issuing orders to various air defense positions.

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And an hour ago.

outside of London.

An air defense position, inside a thick concrete fortress.

"The German plane should be coming soon."

A commander looked at the sky with his binoculars. Although there was silence, he still said.

"It's almost time."

The communications officer on the side also said.

The rest of the people also thought it was normal, and they entered the air defense position one after another and began to prepare.

In the past two months, the Germans have changed their bombing strategy. Instead of approaching the mainland at an altitude of 1 meters irregularly as before, and then dropping bombs at an altitude of 1 meters, they dropped bombs directly at an altitude of [-] meters.

And the bomb was dropped fifty kilometers away from the target.

The bomb will glide towards the target.

Although the accuracy of these bombs is pitifully low, it can even be said that after gliding at a distance of [-] kilometers, they have no accuracy at all. If it is their own air force, they will definitely curse and waste bombs and funds.

Such bombing, a hundred times may not be able to destroy the target.

but!

"Hey····"

The commander of the fortress put down the binoculars and sighed deeply.

The Germans are completely different from our own. Their bombers are bigger, with six huge engines, capable of carrying [-] tons of bombs and flying over [-] kilometers at a time, and one of them can surpass a dozen of our own.

Yes, that is, one is worth a dozen or even twenty.

Although the B17, B24, and Lancaster have a theoretical bomb load of more than three tons, and even their own Lancaster bombers can carry up to ten tons of super large bombs, but the range is greatly reduced when fully loaded, and they cannot fly at all. To the German mainland, as for the ten-ton bomb, all armor, self-defense weapons, and crew members must be removed.

Last year, when the situation was still normal, the thousand-plane night bombing launched by the family on the German mainland only dropped [-] tons of bombs at one time.

The Germans' self-defense firepower, loaded with [-] tons of bombs, is still unbelievable.

then.

The Germans dispatched more than [-] planes at one time.The bombs used are all heavy bombs, each weighing [-] kilograms, and an aircraft can carry [-] bombs.

Thirty tons per plane, thirty bombs, that is [-] tons of bombs, a total of [-] bombs, which is still the minimum. If so many bombs are dropped, no matter how low the accuracy is, it will cause great damage and damage. Also, These bombs falling irregularly caused panic among the people.

Domestic panic affected the British Empire many times more than [-] tons of bombs.

Not many people died under the bombs, but those homeless people, those who were turbulent because of fear and even opposed the war, did not have the courage to confront the Germans, but instead struck hard on their own side.

The British Empire is like a powder keg, with more and more gunpowder in it, and a faint glow of fire at the fuse.

And the bombing by the Germans continued, and even intensified.

Since September last year, the Germans have started bombing, and it is now late June. The commander does not know how many tons of bombs were dropped. He is only a junior officer, but he knows that countless areas of the British Empire have been razed to the ground. Numerous houses were ignited and burned to ruins.

The glory of the empire on which the sun never sets for hundreds of years was completely destroyed, and almost nothing remained.

The British Museum has become the Colosseum.Big Ben was gone, along with the building blown to pieces by several bombs.Tower Bridge is gone, only a few piers remain. Westminster Abbey more than 1000 years ago, only ruins remain.Those ancient castles with a long history of hundreds of years were also destroyed in sevens and eighties.There are also Roman baths and the Bridge of Sighs have also become wrecked ruins.

"Get ready to fight."

After a sigh, the commander continued.

Follow his orders.

Fifteen of the latest L56 127 anti-aircraft guns raised their barrels high, and the single-handers on the side were doing the final check on the radio proximity fuze. The warhead can only be loaded and the safety can be opened before launching.

Then, a group of people just waited blankly.

There is no sense of tension that a fight is imminent.

Some people even started to sit on the ground and smoke cigarettes.

Of course I'm not nervous anymore.

The Germans now drop their bombs at a distance of 1 kilometers, but at an altitude of [-] meters. They are here on the outskirts of London, dozens of kilometers away from the bombing point, air defense is a fart.

Just hide in the anti-aircraft guns when the bombing starts.

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Underground Prime Minister's Office.

"I bought more than a billion dollars in anti-aircraft weapons from the United States."

"but now."

Fatty Qiu was hysterical, with flesh rolling on his face:

"Every day on average, more than 1000 tons of bombs are dropped on the mainland of the British Empire, more than [-]% of our houses are destroyed, and more than [-] million people are displaced."

"If this continues, within a year, the British Empire will return to the Stone Age!"

"When will the German bombing be stopped?"

In front of Fatty Qiu, Facing Fatty's hysterical howls, Marshal Dowding was calm.

"When will the German bombing be stopped?"

Marshal Dowding repeated Fatty Qiu's question in a very calm tone:
"Judging from the current situation, it is impossible within half a year."

Before Fatty Qiu interrupted, Marshal Dawding continued:

"They changed their bombing strategy and dropped bombs at an altitude of 1 meters and [-] kilometers away. We only have the latest anti-aircraft guns that can threaten bombers at this altitude, and the efficiency is extremely low."

Although there is the latest anti-aircraft gun with 127 caliber and 56 times the caliber, it can shoot up to 1000 kilometers in the air, and it is also equipped with VT bombs. Duomen, in a month, not more than [-] were shot down.

On average, about [-] Germans shot down every time they bombed.

Many of them were shot down by jet fighters.

Moreover, air defense by fighter jets is also very difficult. The opponent is escorted by fighter jets, and the bomber itself has terrible self-defense firepower. It can completely rely on its thick body to shoot at jet fighters, and even has an advantage.

The 20mm twin-mounted cannon is much more powerful than the Yankee's 12.7 machine gun.

Yes, due to some inexplicable reasons, a large part of the main weapons of those jet fighters produced and transported from the United States are actually large-caliber machine guns!

And the performance is not as good as the latest German jet fighters. The biggest problem is the engine, which is obviously not as powerful as the Germans.

As for the United Kingdom, it is now abolished, and its production capacity is close to disabled.

"You go down."

Fatty Qiu took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, waved his hand, and signaled to get out.

He finally understood the feelings of the old opponent on the other side, and also understood why he was so stupid.

At this moment, he also really wanted to fire this guy, and then he would personally command the air defense force to kill all directions, shoot down all the German bombers, and show the glory of the empire on which the sun never sets.

But reason told him.

This is impossible.

The British Empire couldn't stop Mustache's bombardment, at least not for now.

"Hey."

Fatty Qiu sighed silently, took out a cigar, lit it, and smoked it.

While swallowing his clouds, he looked at the schematic diagram of the western front battle hanging on the wall.

Today, including logistics personnel, more than 600 million Allied troops are assembled on the west coast to attack Cherbourg with all their strength, trying to take this best port as a bridgehead deep into the European continent.

But after two months, it still failed to open up the situation.

The core reason is that in addition to the Cherbourg air defense tower group, there is another main reason. The British Empire is being bombed and it is difficult to provide stable logistical support and air force support.

Otherwise, the troops on the western front could at least be doubled, and there would be more bombs falling on Cherbourg, so the fight would not be so anxious. A mere Cherbourg has been fought for so long and has not been won!
After all, 2000% of Mustache's troops are on the Eastern Front and the Big Beard Team, and only 100% are on the Western Front. Some of them are bomber troops. More than 300 bombers and thousands of fighters also need a large number of personnel, at least [-] million. Therefore, including logistics, the total number of troops on the Western Front will not exceed [-] million, and while these troops are defending the Normandy area, they also need to deal with defending the entire Siegfeller Line of Defense.

As for why he didn't change the landing location, even Fatty Qiu could figure it out.

The Germans built anti-aircraft towers for every port, and they were all huge anti-aircraft towers with dual 12-inch naval guns. There were even two for each port, and there were also anti-aircraft towers in areas suitable for landing.

Without the logistical supplies provided by the artificial port, the landing troops would die as targets when they went up, so as to prevent the firepower of the air towers, as many as they went up would die.

"Prime Minister, the German bombers are coming again."

At this moment, a staff officer rushed in and handed over a report to Fatty Qiu.

"Oh."

Fatty Qiu's tone was very calm. As for the report, he didn't even read it.

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"In the past two months, the loss rate has been reduced to about one percent."

Hamburg, Kesselring being debriefed:
"Last month, 75 bombers were dispatched, [-] tons of bombs were dropped, and [-] aircraft were lost."

"good."

Kesselring was very satisfied.

With the use of new bombs, although the accuracy has declined, the loss rate of bombers has also been greatly reduced. There were 240 sorties, and only [-] bombers did not return.

The loss rate is almost one percent.

The loss of pilots and crew members is only 4000 people, which is only the size of a regiment.

This number can be easily tolerated by Germany today. With the implementation of the European unification plan, a large number of pilots are pouring in from all over Europe. If the current loss rate is maintained, he will be able to organize [-] aircraft in three months. The bomber fleet dropped [-] tons of bombs at one time.

By next year, this number will increase to [-] tons of bombs each time.

By then, blowing up the British Empire to the Stone Age will not be a fantasy.

As for the accuracy, as long as there are enough bombs dropped, the accuracy doesn't matter, and the gliding bomb has another advantage, because the range is far, the fear effect is even worse. Judging from the feedback from the intelligence department, the anti-war voice in the British Empire is getting stronger and stronger. It is getting bigger and bigger, and even many pilots on the front line surrendered to Germany in their planes.

"How about fighter output?"

Kesselring changed the subject.

A large reason for maintaining a loss rate of [-]% is the escort of fighter jets.

More than 500 jets are escorting the bomber fleet, destroying those enemy interceptor fleets that dare to approach. As for the sporadic approaches, the bomber's own defensive firepower can deal with it.

The United Kingdom and the United States have also begun to equip new jet fighters on a large scale, which is enough to pose a threat to high-altitude bombers.

Although spy operations and several technicians who secretly surrendered to Germany made the first batch of jet fighters equipped with heavy machine guns, they could hardly pose a threat to bombers.

But Britain and the United States also reacted quickly and quickly solved these problems.

He had to find a way to maintain the superiority of the jet fighter force.

Because of the particularity of jet fighters, they must be piloted by reliable pilots, and they can only be piloted by the Germans themselves. Fortunately, it has been a year since the warehouse arrived, and Kesselring has been in charge of the air force for a year. The first batch of fighter pilots has begun to enter the army.

Pilots are not a problem.

All that's left is the plane.

"After using the engine in the warehouse."

Staff report:

"Not only has the performance improved, but the speed and range have also increased. The production capacity has also reached 183 TA[-]s per month, which can fully meet the needs of the frontline troops."

Hearing the good news, Kesselring was not happy.

　The next chapter is before eleven o'clock at night.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)