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Warrant Officer Al Deere was driving the Texan trainer plane and involuntarily accelerated.
The explosion of the Df 110 fighter just now may attract other German fighter jets.
Zhou Zhihan successfully solved the bf 110 fighter jet flying from 170 degrees. There was no obstacle in the air to Calais. The German night fighter jets had just begun to take shape. The number was small and it was difficult to maintain 24-hour uninterrupted missions. All night fighters that could take off gathered near Dunkirk to prevent the Allied forces from retreating. The one that was shot down just now was probably also a routine patrol.
Now, all the rescue team has to do is fly to Mark Airport quietly and land, and not be discovered by the German ground forces outside Mark Airport.
The sound of cannons kept coming from afar, accompanied by the flash of fire, the humid air was filled with the smell of gunpowder, and the battlefield was getting closer and closer.
Since the Port of Calais has been completely destroyed and the British and French forces were unable to board the ship here, so there were no ships passing by and transporting troops in this area.
But the battle in Calais was very fierce, because once Calais completely failed, the German tanks would be unobstructed and approached Dunkirk.
At this time, this Dunkirk coastline, which is only more than 30 kilometers, gathered 400,000 Allied troops, waiting for the ferry to return to the British mainland.
After flying forward for a few minutes, a French Navy destroyer was blown up and broken into two pieces by a powerful German bomber. The wreckage was still burning on the sea. Although it had not sunk, it had become a pile of scrap iron, rolling smoke and flames that appeared from time to time, and could be seen a few kilometers away.
The rescue team flew forward bypassing the destroyer, and the shadowy port of Calais was vaguely visible not far away.
There were several destroyed military vehicles on the dock still burning the fire. More than 200 meters east, a British MKVI light tank was blown up and burning the fire, which shows that the battle has never stopped at the Port of Calais.
Many black shadows on the ground should be many corpses, because the steel helmets on their heads reflect the fire from a distance, matte and a bit weird.
Flying further forward, a French AMR35 tracked armored vehicle was directly overturned by anti-tank shells on the edge of a destroyed shipyard, surrounded by discarded military motorcycles and bicycles, indicating that the Allies had retreated from here.
There were large and small gun pits next to each other at the side of the shipyard, and there were some bombed dual-mounted 13.2mm Hodgekis 1930 anti-aircraft machine guns. They were lying on the ground and were surrounded by bullet shells, shining slightly under the dark fire, which was a bit intimidating.
In the darkness ahead, the ancient Galai city gate, which was more than 20 meters high, appeared faintly. The city wall was very strong? It still stood firm under the attack of German artillery fire.
There were sporadic artillery fire and cold gunfire around Calais city? After days and nights of offense and defense? Both sides were exhausted. Most soldiers stopped at four or five in the morning? Skip for an hour or two to take a breath.
Two lamps were hung on the gate of the ancient city of Galai.
According to the plan last night, when the rescue team arrived at the city gate of Calais? If there were two lights hanging on the city gate? It means whether Calais was still in the hands of the Allies.
At this time, the battle situation changed rapidly, and no one could be sure whether the Port of Calais, which was still in the hands of the Allies in the last minute, would be still in the hands of the Allies in the next minute.
There is a light on the city gate? It means that the Port of Calais is still in the hands of the Allies? If there is no light on the city gate, it means that the Port of Calais has been lost on the way to the team, and the team immediately bypasses this place.
Zhou Zhihan asked Lieutenant Johnson Allen and Warrant Officer Al Deere to be still above two thousand meters. He first flew at low altitude in the A214 Spitfire.
Be careful of sailing a thousand-year-old ship? In the era of war, any sudden event can happen.
Confirm safety? The N37 Spitfire and the Texan coach lowered their altitude and flew low at the Allied positions? When there were ten kilometers away from Mark Airport, the fighter jets were lifted to the ceiling of the Texan trainer plane? Three planes turned off the engine and turned off all instrument panels? They passed the German positions quietly like ghosts? They glided and landed in a corner of the woods in Mark Airport. This was the corner of the forest, which was very hidden. Even if the planes flew over the above during the day, it was difficult to find three planes hidden here.
Like many military airports, Mark Airport is also built on the edge of the woods, and planes can hide in the woods during wartime.
Mark Airport was very large, and the whole airport was dark. After the French Air Force evacuated, the German troops, which had begun to be weak, did not enter here yet.
The three of them searched separately. After more than ten minutes, they finally found the squadron leader of the 74th Squadron, F.L. White, and his oilless fire spitting fire in the woods.
Major F.L. White was overjoyed when he saw the three of them. He waited for more than ten hours in pain and was almost crazy. Fortunately, he slid into the woods when he landed, otherwise he would have been discovered by German fighter planes coming and going from the airport during the day.
Major F.L. White said that there were no Germans in this airport, and it might be that the Germans were worried that the air force would be stationed here and would be attacked by Allied artillery fire and destroy the airport.
Zhou Zhihan asked Major White if the fire-breathing can be repaired.
Major White said that the fuel tank was not big, and it was estimated that the engine radiator was damaged relatively large, so it might take some time to repair it, but everything had to be confirmed by opening the engine fairing.
The four of them first took the repair tools from the trainer and repaired the main fuel tank and radiator of the fire. If the repair is not good or the time is not enough, blow the fire before dawn and leave quickly. The gasoline can burn the fire to a pile of deformed iron blocks.
Warrant Officer Al Deer was once a mechanic, which was one of the main reasons why he participated in this operation.
Warrant Officer Al Deer opened the hood with a tool. The radiator was seriously damaged and wanted to repair it for at least a few hours. At this time, Dongfang was already white, and it was only half an hour before dawn, so the four of them agreed to give up the repair immediately, then went back to the coach, pulled out a few buckets of gasoline, and threw it on the fire spitting.
Everything was ready, Lieutenant Johnson Allen began to install time bombs on the belly of the aircraft in a fire, and it exploded in 15 minutes. After the bomb exploded, it would ignite gasoline and burn the entire plane, leaving the Germans with only a pile of scrap iron.
The four people calculated that from here to where the rescue plane stopped, it took six or seven minutes to run and the terrain was not familiar. Then, after three rescue planes took off and climbed into the air, almost ten minutes passed.
When an explosion occurs here, it can attract the attention of the German army outside the airport. Three rescue planes took the opportunity to fly over the German positions and quickly flew to Calais Pier, which was dozens of kilometers from Calais Pier to Dover. Before the German plane arrived, they had already entered the British radar detection range.
The plan is perfect!
The time bomb was ready and the countdown began. Seeing the red numbers jumping down, the four of them walked out of the forest. Just a few meters away from the forest, suddenly the iron gate of the airport was "bang" opened. Then, several cars with lights turned on into the airport, which scared the four people quickly retreated back to the woods.
Several cars were flying back and forth on the airport runway with bright headlights, and there were a lot of German laughter on the car.
Chapter completed!