"Boom boom...boom!!" Before these British pilots could react, the German fighter planes burst into flames! The roar of the cannon suddenly resounded through the sky, and a Spitfire was shot directly in the air.

Bao whimpered and turned into a ball of fireworks and fell down.

The pilots on the other Spitfires had no time to think about it and could only fight immediately. The two sides had fought many times, and the British believed that as long as they delayed for a while, the Germans who had run out of fuel would naturally fall down on their own.

"Thud, tug, tug..." The sound of machine guns and cannons suddenly resounded in the sky across the entire British Isles. More than a hundred fighter planes were constantly coming from all over the place, and the sky was full of fighting for a while.

At this time, planes were constantly roaring towards the sky on the German Graf Zeppelin. Lütjens, commander of the German First Air Fleet, stood on the bridge of the Graf Zeppelin and was full of ambition.

In order to enrich his aircraft carrier fighter fleet, the commander did not hesitate to recruit people from the Air Force at a huge cost. Although the Graf Zeppelin could only carry a maximum of fifty fighters, Lütjens hired two from the Air Force.

More than a hundred people.

At the same time, Graf Zeppelin was equipped with two hundred fighter jets. For this voyage, the commander knew that the aircraft carrier could not accommodate so many aircraft, so he loaded the aircraft on other warships.

After the Graf Zeppelin's aircraft took off, other fighter planes were continuously transported to the aircraft carrier to use the aircraft carrier's platform for take-off operations.

"Lindemann, it seems that our idea is correct." Lütjens was very happy. Those trained German pilots were indeed the elites he had spent a huge price to poach.

After just over a month of training, they were able to easily complete takeoffs and landings on the aircraft carrier. Watching batches of fighter planes continuously taking off, Lütjens couldn't help but feel proud of his decision.

"Yes! General, as long as our fighter planes can ensure fuel, those British guys are definitely no match for us!" Lindemann had actually analyzed why the Air Force failed in England very early.

Ordinarily, the BF109 fighter cannot be much worse than the Spitfire. But why did it suffer such a heavy blow in England?! After research, it was found that the range of the 109 is the biggest shortcoming.

Due to the short range, many times the BF-109 arrived over the UK and the remaining fuel was not enough to support them in combat. According to the fuel tank standards, the BF-109 could only fight for fifteen minutes at most before having to leave.

And it was only fifteen minutes, and there was no way to do too many tactical actions. Therefore, the BF-109 pilots had to postpone their combat time, which resulted in a large number of BF-109 being dragged to death in England.

The airspace of the three islands.

Even if they were lucky enough to be evacuated, a large number of them crashed into the sea. There was no way around it. The biggest shortcoming of fighters like the BF-109 was their range. This is why Hitler actively built aircraft carriers after Pearl Harbor.

He saw that the Japanese aircraft carriers could carry out long-distance attacks, which had a great influence on him. The report given to him by the staff showed that if the BF-109 could make up for the shortcomings in range, then the British would have no way to be arrogant.

But modifying the design of a fighter aircraft is a troublesome task. Instead of doing this, it is better to build an aircraft carrier. Because Germany has the "Z Plan" to build an aircraft carrier, and the Graf Zeppelin has already been built 85%.

At this time, you only need to mount the mount and distribute the aircraft to form a preliminary combat effectiveness. With Hitler's support, the Navy's aircraft carrier finally got up ahead of schedule.

"Tremble! British guys!" Lütjens looked at the fighter planes that kept jumping from the flight deck and said in his heart: "The British Isles, we are here!"

At this time, the British troops over the British Isles finally felt that something was wrong. A large number of German fighter planes continued to surge into the sky. At this time, there were at least 150 German fighter planes gathering in the sky.

And this is a fighter jet, the German dive bomber JU 87 dive bomber - the famous Tusca will naturally not miss this opportunity.

When the fighter jets were fighting with the British fighter jets, they began to wreak havoc in the skies over England. They continued to bomb strategic targets such as British radar stations, airports, and factories that had been detected long ago.

Thanks to the aircraft carrier, these Tuskas can drop their bombs and then fly back to load the bombs and return to the battlefield to continue bombing. The British fighter planes entangled by the BD-109 have no way to stop the raging of these Tuskas.

.I can only watch helplessly as they bomb everywhere.

"Damn it! How did these Tuskas come back so fast?!" The current commander of the British Fighter Command, British Air Force General Hugh Dowding, looked at the battle report angrily. This was the British's heaviest loss during this period.

once.

"13 airports and more than 20 radar stations were destroyed or severely damaged, and nearly 100 aircraft were destroyed..." The numbers in the battle report are shocking. These are the confidence for Britain to continue fighting Germany!

Most of it was destroyed. The loss of the aircraft was nothing. Production can be replenished. The damage to the airport was nothing, it just needed to be repaired. The most serious ones were the loss of the radar station and the losses of the pilots!

These two are the most difficult to replenish and are the ones most lacking in the UK.

"Order all fighter planes to take off immediately. Contact our navy to conduct reconnaissance on the sea." Hugh Dowding seemed to have thought of something and said to his adjutant: "I need to find out how these German fighter planes came over. We

How could the radar station not detect it!"

Hugh Dowding was indeed a veteran who had experienced World War I. The first thing he noticed was that the radar station did not seem to detect the approach of the German troops as usual.

This is the biggest problem. The Germans can avoid radar and approach Britain only in two situations. The first is that they find a way to avoid radar and conceal aircraft.

The second is that they took off after they were close to England. Because they were at low altitude, they were not detected by radar.

If it is the latter, then Germany must already have aircraft carriers in service. But if it is the former, then Britain should upgrade its radar.

But no matter which one it is, it is not good news for the United Kingdom. Upgrading the radar requires investing a lot of time, manpower, material and financial resources, which will undoubtedly make the situation worse for the struggling United Kingdom.

If the German aircraft carrier is launched, it will definitely not be good news for Britain. Britain's biggest reliance now is its own maritime power.

If this power imbalance occurs, it means that the United Kingdom may not even be able to stay in the British Isles.

"Buzz buzz...boom!!" At this moment, a huge explosion came from the flight deck of the Graf Zeppelin. Lütjens on the bridge closed his eyes in pain.

This was an accident when a returning German fighter plane landed. The plane did not stop when it landed, but crashed directly and exploded on the deck.

Lütjens knew that this was due to insufficient training. During World War II, aircraft carrier takeoff was undoubtedly an item that relied heavily on training.

This requires high flying skills and stable psychological quality, and of course some luck.

Even in the United States, which has relatively mature technology, a large number of pilots have broken wings due to problems with aircraft carrier landing. Glide paths, various cross winds, various wind speed changes, etc. are very difficult to grasp.

It was not easy to take off and land aircraft carriers in World War II. The probability of accidents taking off and landing aircraft carriers at this time was much higher than in later generations.

Especially for the Graf Zeppelin, they had only gone through more than a month of training. They had no way of mastering the takeoff and landing in a complex environment.

Although the aircraft carrier has a certain degree of stability due to its large size, it is more mobile and has certain bumps than an airport on the ground. This makes takeoff and landing more difficult.

"General, this is the price we must pay!" Seeing Lütjens in such pain, Lindemann said solemnly: "This is the price we have to pay."

"I know, but if we can have more time and prepare better, these brave warriors may be able to survive..." Lütjens raised his head, his face looked very ugly.

In fact, the reason why Göring made things so difficult for the Navy and Lütjens and others to poach Air Force pilots was related to the failure of the British Air Force in air combat, which led to Hitler's plan to change the approach.

Since he supports the navy, Hitler decided to give it his full support. Let's see how far the navy can go. Now it's time to test it.

"We must win this battle. Because both the Führer and Germany are waiting for news of our victory." Lütjens' eyes became sharp again and said: "Notify everyone and bring the fighter planes over! We will continue to fight.

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"yes!!"

Since Lütjens wanted to operate from an aircraft carrier, he naturally modified a large number of fighter aircraft to adapt to the take-off and landing of the aircraft carrier during the construction of the aircraft carrier. These BF-109 and Tuska are all fighters that have been modified to adapt to the take-off and landing of the aircraft carrier.

There are dozens of fighter planes on the supply ship following the aircraft carrier formation. At the same time, there are nearly a hundred reserve pilots there. They are rushing towards the aircraft carrier in small boats, preparing to take off with their fighter planes to fight in England.

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"General, there is a call from the Navy. They have started patrolling. If the Germans are really close to the English Channel, they will call us back." After a pause, Hugh Dowding's adjutant took the telegram and reported: "The latest statistics, Germany

The bombings destroyed three of our aircraft factories and destroyed twenty airports."

"Fifty-three radar stations have been hit hard or lightly. Our radar stations are temporarily unable to fully detect the German actions. In the air battle, more than 200 fighter planes staying on the ground were lost in the battle...

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Every time the data was revealed, Hugh Dowding's face became uglier. After a while, Hugh Dowding's face turned black. He remained silent until the adjutant finished reporting.

"Ding, ding, ding..." Suddenly, the phone on the table rang. Hugh Dowding picked up the phone and said, "I'm Hugh Dowding."

"General Hugh Dowding, we now want to know what the situation is like?! Why did the German planes not be repelled by you for so long?!"

The strangeness of the battle situation also caught Churchill's attention, and he began to call Hugh Dowding to learn about the situation. Generally speaking, German fighter planes would retreat on their own after a period of combat.

This has become a routine. But this time, the battle in the sky has been going on for several hours. The German army has no intention of retreating, but planes are constantly flying in.

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister, I don't know why the Germans are so abnormal. But what I can confirm is that they have new technologies to support their operations." After being silent for a while, Hugh Dowding turned to Churchill on the other end of the phone.

Said: "We have communicated with the Navy, and now the Navy's reconnaissance planes have been released. I believe we will get the news soon..."

At this time, the German First Air Fleet sailing at sea was also constantly changing its route. As soon as the attack started, the British navy would definitely be dispatched to investigate.

There is no doubt about this. Therefore, Lütjens had already made preparations, and they had planned the flight route in advance. At the same time, they also made precise calculations of the aircraft's flight.

At each node, fighter pilots know exactly where the aircraft carrier will be. Aircraft on these routes can all arrive from the British Isles, but it is not easy to be found by British reconnaissance aircraft.

Unless the British can find a way to allow their aircraft to cover the entire English Channel within the detection distance. But this is obviously impossible.

"General Hugh Dowding is making too much fuss. How could the Germans build an aircraft carrier so quickly and use it in actual combat." On the sea, Captain Holland, the captain of the British Ark Royal, said to himself:

"Does General Hugh Dowding think that anyone can control a weapon like an aircraft carrier?! I don't think the old-fashioned Germans have this ability."

"Maybe, who knows?!" Lieutenant Colonel Nelson sighed: "After all, General Hugh Dowding is an Air Force general. Even if his judgment is unreasonable, we must obey orders, right?!

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With that said, the two looked at each other and sighed helplessly. Neither of them believed that the Germans could build an aircraft carrier so quickly and put it into actual combat.

You know, even the Japanese who succeeded in the sneak attack had to train for a year before carrying out the operation after they had the aircraft carrier. How long did it take for the Germans to launch the European War?! It is simply incredible that they formed combat effectiveness so quickly.

"Actually, I believe this is because the Germans modified their short-range fighter jets." Colonel Holland put down his telescope and said, "Perhaps, this will be a suitable explanation."

At this time, the intensity of the battle over England had been greatly reduced. The German pilots had achieved their tactical goal, which was to raid the British airports, bases and radar stations.

At the same time, they covered the bombers for bombing. Since the combat mission had been completed, they naturally chose to evacuate. At this time, the British army had no time to take care of the German army's evacuation.

There was no way, they still had a lot of things to clean up. The airport had been bombed into a mess, and the losses in all aspects were considerable. When Hugh Dowding learned that there were other fighter planes covering the Germans when they withdrew, he chose

stopped the pursuit.

It must be said that Lütjens's choice of route was extremely accurate. The British navy who came out to inspect did not even find any trace of the German fleet.

After evading the British navy, Lütjens successfully returned to the intended port.

"Hahaha... great! It's great to be able to achieve such a result!" In Berlin, Mustache, who had received the battle report, jumped up happily.

Next to him, Navy Commander Raeder also smiled. Only Air Force Commander Göring smiled a little reluctantly. There was no way, it turned out that Göring was planning to embarrass the navy.
To be continued...