Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2155 British Air Battle

Britain is indeed facing internal and external troubles and difficulties.

The security of overseas colonies can rely on the southern African army to assist in the defense, and the security issues of the mainland need to be solved by the British themselves.

After "Operation Ballista", the conflict between Britain and Vichy France intensified. On the second day of Operation Ballista, France sent air force to bomb Gibraltar in retaliation, and the relationship between the two countries was completely severed.

For the British, "Operation Ballista" is a must. Britain needs to show people its determination to fight to the end without compromise.

Many French people expressed their understanding of "Operation Ballista", and de Gaulle did not comment too much. The situation forced people to calm down.

On July 7, Mustache delivered a speech in Parliament, sending a peace signal to Britain.

Subsequently, German embassies and consulates in southern Africa, the United States, the Vatican and other places took action one after another, trying to get in touch with the British government.

Winston was very decisive. Not only did he not respond to Mustache's so-called "peace signal", but he also called the British embassies and consulates overseas and refused to allow any contact with the Germans on the issue of "peace".

Winston's attitude is obvious: Britain will never surrender!

Winston's attitude angered Mustache, and starting from July 7, the British coastal forts began to be bombed by the Germans.

Entering July, Winston was extremely busy with his work. He kept in touch with the leaders of various countries, held meetings with the cabinet members every day, and discussed with the Minister of the Air Force or the Minister of the Navy during meals on how to deal with the Germans. attack.

As long as he has time, Winston will go to various places to inspect, especially the Allied officers and soldiers who retreated from Dunkirk to the British mainland. Winston will take the initiative to chat with the soldiers, listen to their voices, and help them solve their problems.

The period from the cessation of resistance in France to the end of August was the most difficult period for Britain.

With the arrival of large quantities of arms from southern Africa, the lack of arms for British troops was somewhat resolved.

The first shipment of southern African arms to arrive on British mainland was 20 Lee Enfield rifles.

It's not that Winston doesn't want the more advanced Nyasaran rifle, one reason is the high price, and another more important reason is that the Nyasaran rifle consumes too much bullets, and the UK is currently unable to provide too many bullets.

Yes, the British Empire is hard enough to run out of bullets.

At the same time as this batch of rifles arrived in the UK, there were 1000 million rounds of ammunition.

It sounds like a lot of bullets, but there are only a pitiful 50 rounds allocated to each rifle.

The British War Office did not dare to issue all the ammunition, and only ten rounds were issued to the troops with each rifle.

That's right, ten rounds!

At the end of July, Winston went to inspect the 7rd Division of the British Army stationed in Dover. This is the best-equipped army division in the UK. The whole division is only equipped with 25 old-fashioned tanks, 20 armored vehicles, and artillery The number is only a pitiful 45, and the largest caliber is a 75mm field gun from France.

This worried Winston very much.

You must know that the defensive area that the third division is responsible for has a coastline of nearly 30 kilometers.

The equipment of the third division is not bad.

In many newly formed troops in the UK, soldiers are training with shotguns, ancient flintlocks, and even pistols.

Some were armed without guns, and were even training with spears and clubs.

This is not Ruying, but the real situation.

It can be said that if the Germans implement the "Sea Lion Project" at this time, they have a high chance of successfully landing in the UK.

At that time, the United Kingdom might collapse like France.

On August 8, the "Hercules" transport ship from southern Africa brought 1 mortars to the UK at one time, with a caliber ranging from 400 mm to 60 mm, which alleviated the dilemma of insufficient firepower of the British army to a certain extent.

More tanks and planes followed, and throughout August, southern Africa supplied Britain with 870 planes, which was the main reason the RAF won the Battle of Britain.

Before the start of the "British Air Battle", there were only 25 aviation squadrons left in the British mainland, and less than 200 aircraft could be launched into the air.

The arrival of a large number of southern African pilots effectively alleviated the plight of the shortage of British pilots.

Some pilots who did not get opportunities in southern Africa grew rapidly in the UK. Jose Luis became the first batch of southern African ace pilots. When the time came to August, the number of German planes shot down by Jose Luis reached 6.

After becoming an ace pilot, Jose Luis' life improved a lot.

Jose Luis' current salary is 3500 pounds a year, and there are special rewards for every German plane shot down.

The pilot from southern Africa was warmly welcomed in the UK. Jose Luis felt like a fish in water. He had several confidante, one of whom was a descendant of aristocrat, which made Jose Luis very satisfied.

The Fifth Air Wing, where Jose Luis belongs, is stationed at Cape Dover, which is the closest to the European continent.

The Fifth Aviation Wing has three fighter squadrons. The No. [-] Fighter Squadron where Jose Luis is located is all equipped with "Crown Eagles" from southern Africa.

In the UK, the "Crown Eagle" is named "Predator", and it is currently the most advanced fighter jet in the UK.

The United Kingdom has obtained the production license of Nyasaran Aviation, and the "Crown Eagle" produced in the United Kingdom is officially code-named "Defender".

The comprehensive performance of "Crown Eagle" is better than that of German BF109.

The German aviation technology is also constantly improving. After the British Air Force equipped the "Crown Eagle", Germany made some improvements to the BF109, and its performance was improved compared with the original version.

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The stern air defense siren sounded, and the Fifth Air Wing instantly boiled like a pond thrown into a bomb.

When Jose Luis and his wingman, Dennis, rushed out of the lounge, countless pilots and ground crew were rushing towards the runway.

At this time, the first batch of fighter jets had already taken off, and before the runway was completely cleared, the second batch of fighter jets had already begun taxiing.

Jose Luis was running wildly all the way, and his "Predator" was ready for take-off. The six solid five-stars in the cockpit were the symbol of Jose Luis as an ace pilot, and there were two hollow five-stars beside it, which represented The most is two wounds.

"The preparations are complete, you can take off—" the ground crew completed all the preparations before takeoff, and gave Jose Luis a thumbs up.

Jose Luis' fighter began to taxi, and beside him, Dennis' fighter was also at the ready.

Next to the runway at this time, 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine guns and 40mm anti-aircraft guns were standing by, ready to shoot at incoming German aircraft.

On the mountainside farther away, a radar is closely monitoring the British coastline. Radar is the secret weapon of the British Air Force against the Luftwaffe. It is precisely because of the use of radar that the British Air Force can obtain timely information about the dispatch of the Luftwaffe.

These radars are all provided by southern Africa, and the radars are operated by official southern African soldiers.

However, they are all wearing the uniforms of the British army now, and southern Africa has not officially joined the war, and active-duty soldiers can only join the British army as mercenaries.

Cape Dover is only 35 kilometers away from Calais, France, on the opposite bank.

Jose Luis and Dennis' planes arrived at the battlefield almost as soon as they took off.

The air battle was very intense. Four British Air Force Spitfires were fighting with six German BUF109s.

The performance of the "Spitfire" is not as good as that of the BF109, and the number is not dominant. One "Spitfire" was attacked by two BF109s, the position of the wing was damaged, a large piece of skin was torn, and the fuselage was full of smoke Turning and falling, the pilot didn't even have a chance to parachute.

Jose Luis prays for Spitfire pilot and hopes he will survive.

At this time, there are British rescue ships on the sea, ready to rescue the British pilots who fell into the water.

This is also the biggest advantage of the British Air Force so far.

In terms of air force, Britain has no advantage.

At sea, Britain's superiority is unshakable.

Now on the sea, only British ships are waiting to rescue the pilots who fell into the water. German ships dare not go to sea at all. If the German pilots fall into the water, they will die.

Jose Luis was not in a hurry to join the battle, he gestured to Dennis and continued to pull up to seize a favorable position.

Then Jose Luis spotted the German bombers above the clouds.

Before Jose Luis and Dennis launched an attack on the German bombers, the German bombers preemptively started shooting at Jose Luis and Dennis' fighter jets.

Jose Luis and Dennis fled immediately.

The fighter jets faced the bombers, and it was not completely a one-sided massacre.

Take the "Sky Fortress" in southern Africa as an example. There are four turrets on the aircraft, each with two 12.7mm machine guns and a 20mm machine gun at the tail.

The "air fortress" is not dispatched alone. Each time it dispatches at least a squadron of 12 planes, adding up to hundreds of machine guns and cannons, a single fighter jet cannot even play a harassing role in the face of such an attack density.

German bombers are "Mama Junkers".

The firepower does not reach the intensity of the "Sky Fortress".

So Jose Luis and Dennis could only run away. If they attacked from the front, they would probably be shot down directly by the machine guns and cannons on the bomber.

The fight under the clouds continues.

A BF109 blows up a "Spitfire" in the air.

Dennis clenched the BF109 tightly and opened fire.

The pilot technique of BF109 was very good. He pressed down the nose to avoid shooting, and quickly pulled up the nose to climb.

Dennis's "Predator" brushes past BF109.

The situation was reversed in an instant, and now it was BF109 who started chasing Dennis' Predator.

Just as the BF109 pilot was grinning and preparing to shoot, Jose Luis' "Predator" suddenly appeared, and a long burst blasted the BF109 in the air.

The whole process did not exceed 20 seconds.

At this time, more and more Marauders and Spitfires arrived on the battlefield.

The Germans are also constantly adding reinforcements.

Before Jose Luis and Dennis could celebrate, they attacked another BF109.

Still the same routine, Dennis drove the wingman to attract firepower, and Jose Luis looked for an opportunity to make a fatal blow.

125 German aircraft were shot down that day.

(End of this chapter)