Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2162 Beautiful Data

Archibald Sinclair hoped that all strategic bombers in southern Africa would be dispatched to carry out a perfect revenge on Berlin, so that the Germans could also feel the pain and fear that the Londoners had suffered during this period.

Not all of the 700 strategic bombers in southern Africa have reached the British mainland, and only about 250 can be dispatched, all of which are "air fortresses."

Compared with "Aunt Junker", the "Sky Fortress" has more bombs and a longer range. All 250 "Sky Fortresses" are dispatched, and they can drop nearly 600 tons of bombs on Berlin at one time.

600 tons of bombs, while not enough to blow Berlin back to pristine condition, as Archibald Sinclair hoped, would be enough to drink a pot of Germans.

The "Sky Fortress" can fly 1.5 kilometers with a load of 4500 tons of bombs. If the distance is shortened, it can carry more bombs. The UK mainland is only 800 kilometers away from the nearest airport in Berlin, which is completely within the combat radius of the "Sky Fortress" .

"It's okay to dispatch strategic bombers, but we haven't fully grasped the air supremacy. If we dispatch it at night, the bombing effect cannot be guaranteed. Therefore, I suggest that we first seize the air supremacy, and our bombing should not focus on the big cities in Germany, but It should focus on military targets." Don Juan fought steadily, but the situation in Germany was different from that in Britain, where carpet bombing would not have much effect.

Germany's industrial layout is relatively scattered, not concentrated in big cities, and the effect of bombing big cities is not good.

It has to be said here that Germany's "air combat hero" during the last world war has now become the biggest obstacle to the progress of the Luftwaffe.

After the war, the performance of the Luftwaffe has been very good, at least better than the air force of the British and French allied forces.

This probably gave Goering an illusion, making Goering think that the Luftwaffe has the ability to conquer the world and has become a decisive force to change the battlefield situation.

That's why during the Dunkirk retreat, Goering asked Mustache to take the initiative to fight.

Goering claimed at the time that the Luftwaffe alone was capable of completely annihilating the Anglo-French forces in Dunkirk.

Mustache trusted Goering, so the Allies got two days of life and death.

It was also during these two days that the British and French allied forces were able to adjust their defense, and Montgomery became famous.

After France stopped resisting, Goering's arrogance remained unabated. After the big air battle on August 8, the British Air Force suffered heavy losses. If the German Air Force pursued the victory at this time, the British Air Force might not be able to wait for reinforcements from southern Africa.

As a result, Goering's show operation came again. Starting from the night of August 8, he gradually reduced the number of daytime dispatches of the Luftwaffe, focusing on the bombing of London.

This is simply putting the cart before the horse. You must know that the British Air Force has not yet suffered a devastating blow. At this time, it will shift its main energy to bombing London, just like the monkeys who stopped the Seven Fairies and then went to pick peaches.

This analogy may be a bit inappropriate.

But for the British Air Force, Goering is the rescuer invited by the monkey.

"Don, the bombing of Berlin, more importantly, hit the confidence of the Germans, let them feel the pain of the war, let them feel our determination!" Archibald Sinclair insisted.

"If this is the only way, what's the difference between dispatching 200 bombers and dispatching 20 bombers? Perhaps we should fill the bombers with leaflets instead of bombs." Don Juan also insisted.

This is not a question of how many bombers should be dispatched, nor should it bomb Berlin or bomb military targets, but involves the dominance of future wars. Archibald Sinclair and Don Juan are very clear.

No matter how close the alliance is, there are priorities.

In the last World War, the Allied Forces were dominated by Britain and France. Although Rock served as the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, he did not have the power to actively lead the war.

At that time, Rock wanted to launch an offensive on his own initiative, and he needed the approval of the Allied Forces Command and the British War Department, and he had no actual leadership.

The current situation is different from the last world war.

Under the premise that France has given up resistance, Britain has retreated to the British Isles, and southern Africa has joined the war strongly. Is it true that the future battles will still be dominated by the British?
That also depends on the strength of the British.

"Don, if you have this strength, you should fully demonstrate it." Archibald Sinclair still refused to give up.

"Your Excellency, even if you have the strength, you can't do whatever you want." Don Juan said meaningfully.

Major General Parker was more pragmatic than Archibald Sinclair.

When Archibald Sinclair and Don Juan were fighting for the dominance of the war, Major General Parker was leading Xu Xiu to visit his headquarters.

From the point of view of the British, this seemingly crude headquarters in Xu Xiu is already the limit of the British War Department's understanding of modern warfare. Major General Parker indeed has reason to be proud.

So Xu Xiu's mood was extremely complicated.

What age is this?

The Friendship Games held in 1932 has begun to use live broadcast technology. Now the Southern African Football League has begun live broadcast. The Air Force Command Center of the British War Department still uses light bulbs to indicate the status of the troops. Is the British War Department What's wrong with Modern Warfare?
The intelligence center next to the central command room still uses the wired telegraph 20 years ago. Now that the commercial telegraph has expanded to the wireless era, are the technicians of the Ministry of War old antiques crawling out of medieval graves?

"This command center was established a year ago. After a year of continuous improvement, it may be the most advanced command center in the world—" Major General Parker was full of pride in his explanation, and he probably had something to say about the word "world". misunderstanding.

Of course not necessarily.

The British, like the Americans, are used to talking about "the whole world".

For example, the British Empire is the most powerful country in the world.

For example, the Royal Navy is the most powerful navy in the world.

Another example is that fish and chips are the best food in the world——

If the first two are understandable, the last one can only be attributed to the self-confidence of British fans.

Xu Xiu decided that he should say something to change Major General Parker's wrong impression of "modern warfare" and "the whole world".

Just then the alarm bell rang suddenly.

Xu Xiu never expected that the alarm bell was manually operated, and there was a captain who was in charge of ringing the alarm bell. This was his only job.

As the alarm bell rang, Major General Parker and Xu Xiu returned to the command center as quickly as possible.

"Twenty enemy planes have taken off from German airfields in the Epp area and are heading towards London—"

"40—"

"80—"

In just 2 minutes, the number of enemy planes increased to 120, and the atmosphere in the command center suddenly froze. Everyone realized that an air battle no less than the "August 8nd Air Battle" was about to break out.

As the number of enemy planes increased, on the sand table in the command center, several officers were busy pushing the coordinates according to the flight route of the German planes.

The yellow light bulbs on the side of the command center immediately lit up one by one.

Each light bulb represents an aviation squadron.

Another 2 minutes later, the first batch of British fighters to face off had already taken off from the airport.

Soon all the red light bulbs are all lit up, which means that all British fighters have entered the combat state.

"There are too many German planes, and we cannot intercept all enemy planes. If possible, can the Southern African Air Force join in?" Major General Parker's shirt was soaked, the command center was built underground, and the ventilation equipment was still very good.

"Major General, I'm afraid we can't do it today." Xu Xiu told the truth that the Southern African Air Force had just arrived in the UK, so it would definitely not be able to take off to fight today.

Air combat is more complex than both land and sea combat and requires perfect coordination.

The Southern African Air Force and the British Air Force are two different command systems. The Royal Navy and the Southern African Navy have joint exercises every year, and the Air Force has very few joint exercises.

Probably the British were worried that their command center would be leaked.

Don Juan and Xu Xiu came to find Archibald Sinclair today, the main purpose is to understand the strength of the British Air Force and prepare for the next battle.

What is certain is that the British Air Force will most likely not accept the command of the Southern African Air Force.

The Southern African Air Force will certainly not accept the command of the British Air Force.

Therefore, the best way is to divide the scope of operations, and each is responsible for a part of the combat tasks, and the coordination work can be done slowly.

To put it bluntly, if the Southern African Air Force enters the war today, and the IFF system is not yet clear, the "Cheetah" in Southern Africa may be regarded as a German aircraft by a British pilot with bad eyes.

After all, this is also the first time "Cheetah" has appeared in Europe.

It can be seen that the British Air Force has been unable to cope with the Luftwaffe, which can be seen from the number and speed of light bulbs going out.

5 minutes after the red light bulb is on, the first light bulb goes off.

This means that the aircraft of an aviation squadron have all been shot down.

Xu Xiu prayed for those unfortunate pilots, hoping that they can parachute smoothly.

Immediately afterwards the second light bulb went out.

The third lamp—

When the time came to the 10th minute, all the light bulbs in the far right row went out.

"General, our airport at Kleborough was bombed by the Germans. The planes have been unable to take off and land, and must be transferred to other airports." A lieutenant colonel rushed to report, with a mournful expression.

"According to the plan—" Major General Parker's face was ugly and frightening.

Xu Xiu noticed that British fighter jets took off and landed more frequently, about once every 5 minutes.

This shows that the time for British fighter jets to take off for combat is only 5 minutes after each replenishment of fuel and ammunition.

This fully demonstrates the intensity of the battle.

Even if the British fighter jets have short legs, they will not only be able to fly for 5 minutes, so it should be that the ammunition is exhausted, so they have to land to replenish.

Fortunately, the air battle lasted only 30 minutes.

The results were reported soon. In just 30 minutes, the British Air Force lost 40 fighters and the German Air Force lost 65.

This figure may not be accurate, because in the next day's newspapers, the RAF claimed to have shot down 207 German aircraft.

40:207 -

This data is really beautiful!

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